There Comes A TIME When You Have To STAND Up And Be Counted.

There's No DOUBT West Point Impacted Who I Am... It Has An Enormous Emphasis, Not Only On Military Aspects, But Character DEVELOPMENT. Whether It's The Honor Code, Or The Interactions You Have, Both With The Cadet LEADERSHIP And The Academy Leadership, EVERY Place You Are Is A Character Test.

The Deepest Personal DEFEAT SUFFERED By Human BEINGS Is Constituted By The DIFFERENCE Between What One Was CAPABLE Of Becoming And What One Has In Fact Become.

I Do Think MOMS Should Be GIVEN A BREAK, All Across The Board. And I Think That The Most Important Thing Is That You're HEALTHY. After I Had My Little Girl, I WANTED To Be Healthy For Her And Have A Healthy Body Image So That She Hopefully Grows Up To See That Her Self Worth Isn't Defined By How Thin She Is.

The Elimination Of The BARBARIC TERRORIST Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Is GOOD NEWS For The WORLD.

It Has Been RECOGNIZED Since The Dawn Of Microbiology That The Soil Is INHABITED By A Living Microscopic Population Which Is Responsible For The NUMEROUS Reactions That Take Place In The Soil And That Affect The Life And ECONOMY Of Man In Many Ways.

Al-Qaida Became The New Soviet UNION, And In The PROCESS, Bin Laden Became A Demonic, Terrifyingly Powerful Figure BROODING In A Cave While He Controlled And DIRECTED The Al-Qaida Network Throughout The World. In This Way, A Serious But Manageable Terrorist THREAT Became Grossly Exaggerated.

Anyone Who Lives In Washington And Has An Official Position Viscerally Understands The COST Of A Lack Of Privacy. Every DINNER - Especially Ones With A JOURNALIST In Attendance - Is Preceded By The Mandatory, 'This Is Off The RECORD.' But Everyone Also Knows, Nothing Is Really 'off The Record.'

At First, Being A STORYTELLER, It Was FUN To Dress Up And Fun To SING Songs And PRETEND To Be Very Dramatic - All Of That STUFF Was Just Fun Early On.